Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform

Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage

2:10 pm

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand. However, if some solution is not found, the concern is that the manufacturer will not be covered. It seems to me that we would like to find a way for the manufacturer of such a clearly expensive, bespoke piece of kit to be covered. I can understand that the official concern is over someone who argues that the paint he or she created is also bespoke because it contains a little bit of coloured fleck, and obviously judgment calls need to be made in such cases. Is it the Minister of State's intention to accept an amendment if we can find a wording to cover items that are clearly a one-off and could not be used for anything else? If these people do not get paid they have just lost the money. We are looking for something that would cover such products.

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